Who even made the rule that we cannot group ducks and fish together for the simple reason that they are both aquatic? If I want to group them that way and it serves my purpose then I can jolly well do it however I want to and it is still a nested hierarchy and you can't tell me that it's not.

My brother's Golden Retreiver died a few months ago- he was 12. The poor guy could barely walk, but acted like a puppy every time he saw me.

Who even made the rule that we cannot group ducks and fish together for the simple reason that they are both aquatic? If I want to group them that way and it serves my purpose then I can jolly well do it however I want to and it is still a nested hierarchy and you can't tell me that it's not.

My sister's dog, a Dalmation/Border Collie cross, is 15 or 16, though I keep expecting to hear about him dying. He's pretty stiff and has lots of those benign fatty tumours. One by his ear got so big its weight was tilting his head, so they had it removed. Otherwise he's perfectly happy and more active than you'd expect of an old fella.

Who even made the rule that we cannot group ducks and fish together for the simple reason that they are both aquatic? If I want to group them that way and it serves my purpose then I can jolly well do it however I want to and it is still a nested hierarchy and you can't tell me that it's not.